An Exhibition of Russian Orthodox Icons From the 18th and 19th Centuriesand a Celebration of Orthodox Christian Liturgical Music

What

Come see more than 50 icons depicting Christ, the Virgin Mary, saints, and other
subjects:exquisite examples of Orthodox Christian art in the traditional style of the Russian schools.These will include new icons not displayed previously.
Each day, we will offer several presentations, including lectures from special guestsArchimandrite Luke Murianka, abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY,and Northern Kentucky University music department chair, composer Kurt Sander.Please also join us for an extended choral performance on Sunday afternoon.
Our book and icon store will be open for business all weekend.In addition, ethnic foods, pastries, and beverages will be offered for sale.

Where

St. Jonah Orthodox Church2910 Spring Cypress Rd.Spring, TX 77388(281) 467-0264Admission is open to the public and free of charge.

When

Friday, March 1, 2013

3:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Archimandrite Luke Murianka

7:30 PM

"The Knowledge of Icons that Leads to God - Part I"

Saturday, March 2, 2013

11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Archimandrite Luke Murianka

11:00 AM

"The Knowledge of Icons that Leads to God - Part II"Followed by Q&A

Kurt Sander

2:00 PM

"Ineffable Beauty: An Introduction to the Aesthetics of Orthodox Liturgical Art and Music"

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

I posted an article on English Translations of the Bible some time back, but the HTML formatting of it was messed up. I had been using Word for web pages, which usually works well enough, but what I have discovered is that if you have too many links, it is prone to these sort of formatting problems. So here is the cleaned up, and slightly revised text:

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

I had made a few attempts at this in the past, but I always felt like those attempts only told part of the story, so this time I went big, and began David Copperfield style with "I am born", and went from there.

This article is peppered with hyperlinks, because unless someone followed a very similar path to mine, there would be too many references that would not be understood.